Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama February 1, 2002, 2000696 (Allen v. State ex rel. Allen)

lead-opinion

PITTMAN, Judge.

This case involves a child-support ar-rearage.

The parties to this action were divorced by order of the court on September 5, 1970. The divorce judgment ordered the husband to pay $17.50 per week to the wife as child support. On October 27, 1982, the wife had the husband charged with criminal failure to pay child support.